Velocity Software's zSPOOL vs IBM's Operations Manager Spool Viewing and Broadcom's VM:Spool
Information for this comparison was taken from the documentation available at the time of the comparison.
zPRO has been designed to assist installations with guest server cloning and provisioning processes as well as many of the tasks related to z/VM system management.
The zSPOOL feature of zPRO provides installations the ability to manage spool files by listing, transferring, purging and VIEWING the contents of nearly any spool file across your z/VM enterprise from a single browser window. For open spool file viewing, you can set refresh intervals to watch new console traffic. zSPOOL allows you to schedule the closing of open console logs each day and also provides a function to define a set of rules and a time of day to evaluate all your spool files to clean up. DCSS/NSS spool management is also included that allows you to list all DCSS/NSS files and view any users connected to them.
| Function/Feature | Velocity Software, Inc. zPRO zSPOOL Feature | IBM Operations Manager | Broadcom CA VM:Spool | More Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser Based User Interface |
 Yes |
 No |
No |
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| View Closed Spool Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| View Open Spool Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Set Variable Auto-refresh for Open Consoles |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Enterprise Viewing of Spool Files (single pane of glass) |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Transfer Ownership of Spool Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| On-Demand Purge of Spool Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Search for Spool Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| DCSS/NSS Detailed Mapping |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Detect Unowned Spool Files |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Spool Usage Summary Report |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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| Print Contents to PDF |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| On-demand or Scheduled Closing of Open Consoles |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Spool File Cleanup Processing |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
*VM:Spool allows definition of purge rules, but does not schedule the cleanup processing | |
| Backup/Restore Spool Files |
No* |
No |
Yes |
*zSPOOL DCSS/NSS backup/restore process is available | |
| Backup/Restore DCSS/NSS Files |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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| 3270 Command Line Interface |
No* |
Yes |
Yes |
*We believe that anything that can be managed with a web interface should be managed with a web interface | |
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